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What Do You Do When Your Grass Gets Ahead of You?

I’ve got too much grass. Did the grass whisperer just say that? Is there any such thing as too much soil-covering grass? Let me rephrase....

Cattle Without Legs?! Part II – Forage Recovery and Allocation

In Part I, Meg described how breeding for stocky cattle makes sense and dollars. Now she describes the forage part of creating legless cattle and a better bottom line.

More Egg Economics – How Forrest Pritchard Makes It Work

Forrest Pritchard shows us how he makes pastured eggs and raising pastured hens work for him and his farm. As he points out, it involves both economy of scale, AND being willing to perform all the "unsexy" aspects of chicken farming.

Selling and Signing: Connecting With Landowners to Secure a Pasture Lease

What should you say and do when meeting a landowner for the first time to talk about a potential lease? Here are some tips that are sure to help you prepare for that first hand shake.

Maximizing Spring Green Up Without Destroying Summer Pastures

One of the toughest grazing management periods for livestock producers is spring green-up. It offers all kinds of challenging variables. It is hard to...

Riding the Mechanical Cow to Soil Fertility

They say “Ignorance is Bliss”, which essentially describes a state of being carefree because one doesn't know about something potentially problematic. It suggests that...

Partners for Success – More Keys to Trying Virtual Fence or Any New Technology

(This is Part 3 in our series on Virtual Fencing - the Next Big Thing in Grazing. Here are Part 1 and Part 2.) This...

March Management Concerns – Water, Newborns, Weeds, and more

The approach of Spring and the new grazing season brings on a long "To Do" list. Here's a list of corresponding articles that will...

Calving, Kidding and Lambing Tips for Success

It's that time of year again! Or maybe it's already over for folks who still calve in February. Either way, here are some tips...

Ranching Like a 12-Year Old: Ranching That is Simple, Easy and Fun!

In the years since Tom Krawiec began writing articles for On Pasture, he and I have spent a lot of time talking and he's...

For More Forage, Improved Soil and a Better Climate Future Just Spread Compost

Studies have shown that if farmers spread a quarter inch of compost on just 50 percent of California’s rangelands, 42 million metric tons of...

How To Determine Your Recovery Period: The Magic Of Thirteen

Focusing on to two basic concepts is the best way to become a successful grazier: Graze Period and Recovery Period. The Graze Period is...

A Part-Timer and Proud of It!

Thanks to Curt Gesch for this piece reminding us that we don't have to be full-time farmers/ranchers to be considered critical to our communities....

Leading Instead of Herding – Why and How to Teach Your Livestock to Follow

Last month in The Thinking Grazier, John Marble got us thinking about our relationship with our animals and how behavior (theirs and ours), along...

Business Planning Without Killing Your Dreams

I am not a planner, at least not in the strict sense of the term. I'm more of a "visionary." I get a picture...

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